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Crash of a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air in Ribeauvillé: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1980 at 1930 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-GBRP
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Saint-Étienne – Colmar
MSN:
BB-368
YOM:
1978
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport on an executive flight to Colmar-Houssen Airport, Haut-Rhin. On final approach, the crew was in contact with ATC when the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Ribeauvillé, about 10 km northwest of runway 19 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed, among them five French industrialists who were flying to Colmar to take part to a hunting party in the Alsacian forests.
Crew:
Jean-Claude Glatigny, pilot,
Jean-Paul Champagnon, copilot.
Passengers:
Jean-Pierre Gerard,
Henri Vignon,
Louis Gauchon,
Jacques Dreyfus,
Olivier Segond.

Crash of a SNCAC NC.701 Martinet in Saint-Etienne: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1947 at 1500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-BAOQ
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marseille – Creil
MSN:
69
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
While approaching Saint Etienne, an engine failed. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft stalled and crashed in a prairie. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Robert Millet, pilot,
Pierre-Claude Belmont, mechanic,
Alain Le Bras, radio navigator,
Roger Panenc, radio navigator.
Passengers:
Casimir Corniglion, photographer,
André Lesure, chief of Photography by IGN.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.